Updated Friday Apr. 3

2026 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 30 NBA teams.

Our NBA Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite NBA Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

NBA Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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	TEAM	DIVISION	GURU RANK	AVERAGE OPPONENT RANK
1	NetsBKN18-58	Atlantic	29	14.15
2	KingsSAC20-57	Pacific	28	14.49
3	MagicORL40-36	Southeast	20	14.54
4	WarriorsGS36-41	Pacific	18	14.61
5	BucksMIL30-46	Central	24	14.62
6	PacersIND18-58	Central	26	14.69
7	PelicansNO25-52	Southwest	21	14.72
8	JazzUTAH21-56	Northwest	27	14.82
9	HeatMIA40-37	Southeast	16	14.84
10	WizardsWSH17-59	Southeast	30	14.84
11	BullsCHI29-47	Central	22	14.84
12	SunsPHX42-35	Pacific	15	14.84
13	MavericksDAL24-52	Southwest	25	14.94
14	GrizzliesMEM25-51	Southwest	23	15.01
15	RaptorsTOR42-34	Atlantic	14	15.08
16	76ersPHI42-34	Atlantic	17	15.15
17	HawksATL44-33	Southeast	12	15.26
18	Trail BlazersPOR40-38	Northwest	19	15.27
19	SpursSA59-18	Southwest	2	15.31
20	ClippersLAC39-38	Pacific	13	15.39
21	LakersLAL50-27	Pacific	11	15.41
22	ThunderOKC61-16	Northwest	1	15.42
23	RocketsHOU47-29	Southwest	8	15.52
24	CavaliersCLE48-29	Central	7	15.56
25	TimberwolvesMIN46-30	Northwest	10	15.63
26	CelticsBOS51-25	Atlantic	4	15.72
27	PistonsDET56-21	Central	3	15.72
28	KnicksNY49-28	Atlantic	5	15.80
29	HornetsCHA41-36	Southeast	9	15.89
30	NuggetsDEN49-28	Northwest	6	16.03

NBA Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.